There ARE tougher bullets out there than the Nosler partitions, but they also are less "forgiveing" than NP's when you are a bit "over gunned" for the specie, or when the velocity falls off a bit. In other words, the NP's have worked at a larger spread of velocities for me!!

For example: I have a Drilling in cal. 8x57jrs that i handload 200 grain Nosler partitions in. I drive the bullets just over 2,500 fps, and they easily shoot under 1" (5) shot groups at 100yds in this gun. 200 grain NP's are the only bullet, or bullet weight i shoot in this drilling, and i've hunted all over Alaska, and in some of the lower 48 states with this combo. This means that this 200 grain bullet "has" to perform in many different sizes of animials at varried velocities!!

With this load, i've shot everything from a coyote at long range, a javoilna at 30 yards, a big bull moose at 150+ yds, several deer at 50 to 200 yds, and even a "very big" blk bear at 20 yds, not to mention many other game animials!! In ALL cases the NP's performed perfectly, with "some" expansion, but still held together to make a good exit wound even at close ranges and in tough animials!!!

The "other" premium bullets i've used, have also done quite well at medium to high velocoty, but as the velicity started to fall off, or the target size got smaller in size, the bullets started acting like solids. This is NOT what i like to see a bullet do.

For me, the Nosler partitions have worked well in the the many calibers i've tried them in, and so i continue to use them. As i said in my last post, they do "exactly" what i want my bullets to do!!

Drilling Man